ABC News just spent two nights with members of one of the largest cartels in Mexico as they explained their operations in a town just across the border from the US.
According to reports, there were no injuries in the incident near Fronton Island, an uninhabited island in Starr County, Texas.
It is difficult to determine how these heterogeneous crime groups target the United States, but Mexican authorities need to respond to what might be called domestic terrorism.
A video released by the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) shows a group of men running for cover after illegal activity is halted.
The remains found in the Chihuahua state included some bodies, some complete skeletons and other partial remains, as well as bullet casings.
Authorities in the Mexican state of Chihuahua have uncovered 73 bodies and sets of skeletal remains in clandestine graves over the past month, highlighting the ongoing violence tied to cartel conflicts in the region.
Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, leader of Jalisco Nueva Generación Cartel, has called an emergency meeting as Donald Trump brought in an executive order deeming cartels terrorist organisations
The incident occurred on Monday after the US security agents were fired upon by suspected members of a drug cartel
Authorities have issued an urgent warning for travelers crossing the border between the U.S and Mexico after cartels reportedly place explosives along roadways.
Seizures like this weaken the financial powers of criminal organizations and disrupt their operations,” he said.
A Sinaloa cartel member arrested by ICE in El Paso, Texas, was found with multiple weapons and thousands of rounds of ammunition, sources say.
U.S. President Donald Trump’s executive order to designate Latin American drug cartels as terrorist organizations is part of his plan to stop the flow of fentanyl coming across the border. But Mexico’s president says the problem requires collaboration.